Getty New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers cracking a smile during a media scrum.
Every year New York Jets fans look forward to the behind-the-scenes NFL draft access provided by the team.
One of the best moments is usually hearing and seeing the draft call between a college football prospect and the Jets’ key decision-makers sharing the life-altering news.
Owner Woody Johnson was one of the last people to speak with Jets’ second-round pick Joe Tippmann after he was drafted.
“We’ve been looking forward to this all day and even yesterday we were talking about you because you know who the quarterback is right?”
Tippmann bellowed out, “Oh hell yeah!”
#Jets Owner @woodyjohnson4 asked new center Joe Tippmann (@JoeTippmann) if he knows who the QB is now? ‘Oh hell yeah’ 🤣 Aaron Rodgers time baby! 🎥 @nyjets
Johnson of course was referencing four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers who the Jets acquired via a trade with the Green Bay Packers on Wednesday, April 26.
Joe Tippmann Has Proven to Be a Lovable Jets Draft Pick
The full Jets draft call video lasted just over two minutes in length. During those 120-plus seconds, Tippmann responded “hell yeah” seven different times during the call.
Nobody:
@JoeTippmann: “Oh, hell yeah!”
Jets fans picked up on that trend and reacted to it on Twitter.
@nyjets @JoeTippmann Hell yeah
A Twitter user said Tippmann is “country as hell.”
@nyjets @JoeTippmann He’s country as hell lmao
One Twitter user said they “love him already” in response to this viral draft call.
@nyjets @JoeTippmann love this kid already, LETS GO!
Another fan made the connection to WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin with the, “Oh hell yeah!”
The Boss on Twitter said my new words from now on are, “Oh, hell yeah!”
@nyjets @JoeTippmann My new words for now on is…oh, hell yeah….
Jets Are Embracing the Aaron Rodgers QB Factor
At the end of the season Jets Owner Woody Johnson seemed miserable and called the quarterback position the missing piece and said it was “obvious to everyone.”
Now that he has landed one of the biggest quarterback fish of all time, Johnson is loudly and proudly pounding his chest about the acquisition.
General manager Joe Douglas called this a “historic” trade and he’s right this is the biggest deal in franchise history.
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Photos of Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) from his first #Jets workout: 📸 @nyjets #TakeFlight 🤤🤤🤤
There is a palpable New York confidence that is emitting from ownership, players, and of course the fans. It has been a while since the Jets could experience that and during an interview on The Michael Kay Show Rodgers said that is something he is embracing.
“I don’t know if it’s slaying the dragon maybe it’s becoming the dragon,” Rodgers answered the expectations question heading into 2023. “Becoming the big bad monster of the NFL. Changing the expectations and changing the perspective. I think that’s important.
We have to learn how to win as a team and win consistently. We have to set realistic and large expectations. I think there has been a lot of Super Bowl or bust conversations and I say embrace that because that’s the type of franchise and fan base that you want to be a part of. I truly believe this, realistic expectations, we’re one of the handful of teams that can do this.
The fan base is ready. Now it’s about going out there and melding/meshing and coming together. Finding that chemistry as a team and going out there and putting a product on the field that our fan base can really really proud of and get them hyped and go out and do something special.”
.@DonLagreca asked #Jets QB Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) about slaying the dragon, ‘I don’t know about slaying the dragon maybe it’s becoming the dragon’ 🐉 ‘there’s been a lot of #SuperBowl or bust conversations (since my arrival) & I say embrace that’ 😤: 🎙 @TMKSESPN
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Joe Tippmann’s Reaction to Jets’ Aaron Rodgers Question Goes Viral